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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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Research Conference
#2 of 3 on |
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Economic Research
on African Development Successes |
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Sebastian Edwards, Simon
Johnson, and David N. Weil, Organizers |
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In collaboration with
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July 18-20, 2010 |
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PROGRAM |
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Shading indicates parallel sessions |
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SATURDAY, JULY 17
(AT HOTEL) |
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6:30 pm |
Buffet dinner at hotel, in
venue Ghanaian Village Restaurant |
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SUNDAY, JULY 18
(AT HOTEL) |
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8:00 am |
Continental breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and updates on NBER Africa Project |
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9:10 am |
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YAW NYARKO, |
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Discussant: |
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10:10 am |
Coffee break |
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10:30 am |
Healing the Wounds: Learning from Sierra Leone's Post-war
Institutional Reforms (Project 6) |
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KATHERINE
CASEY, |
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RACHEL GLENNERSTER, MIT |
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EDWARD MIGUEL, |
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Discussant: ROBERT
BATES, |
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11:30 am |
Consequences of Civil Wars ( |
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DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER |
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JAMES
ROBINSON, |
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with ISAIAS CHAVES, |
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Discussant: WILLIAM EASTERLY, |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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SUNDAY PARALLEL SESSION 1: |
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1:45 pm |
Were the Nigerian Banking Reforms
of 2005 A Success
And for the Poor? (Project 27) |
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LISA COOK, |
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Discussant: YAW ANSU, World Bank |
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2:45 pm |
Coffee break |
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3:05 pm |
Mobile Banking: The Impact of M-Pesa in Kenya (Project 18) |
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ISAAC
MBITI, Southern |
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DAVID N.
WEIL, |
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Discussant: BENNO NDULU, Bank of Tanzania |
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4:05 pm |
The
Financial Sector in Burundi: An Investigation of its Efficiency in Resource
Mobilization and Allocation (Project 16) |
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LEONCE NDIKUMANA, African Development Bank |
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JANVIER
NKURUNZIZA, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
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PRIME
NYAMOYA, OGI Consulting Group, |
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Discussant: SEBASTIAN EDWARDS, UC, |
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5:05 pm |
Adjourn |
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SUNDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 2: |
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1:45 pm |
AGOA Rules: The intended and unintended
development consequences of Special Fabric Provisions ( |
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ROBERT
LAWRENCE, |
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Discussant: PETER BOONE, |
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2:45 pm |
Coffee break |
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3:05 pm |
Mauritius: African Success Story (Project 19) |
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JEFFREY
FRANKEL, |
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with OYEBOLA OLABISI, |
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Discussant: JORGE BRAGA
DE MACEDO, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and NBER |
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4:05 pm |
African Export Successes: Surprises, Stylized
Facts and Explanations |
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WILLIAM
EASTERLY, |
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ARIELL
RESHEF, |
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Discussant: NATHAN NUNN, |
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5:05 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Sit-down dinner at hotel, in venue Damba Hall |
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Keynote
Address |
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KWESI BOTCHWEY, Former Minister of Finance of |
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MONDAY, JULY 19
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7:00 am |
Continental breakfast at
hotel |
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8:00-9:00 am |
Van transport north across
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9:20 am |
The
Unofficial Economy in Africa (Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius) Tables
(Project 22) |
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RAFAEL LA
PORTA, |
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ANDREI SHLEIFER, |
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Discussant: DAVID N. WEIL, |
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10:20 am |
Coffee Break |
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MONDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 1 (in seminar room): |
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10:40 am |
The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions
to Africa and the Developing World (Project 13) |
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NATHAN
NUNN, |
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NANCY QIAN, |
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Discussant: JENNY AKER, |
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11:40 am |
The Decline and Rise of
Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1961 ( |
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STEVEN
BLOCK, |
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Discussant: WILLIAM JACK, |
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MONDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 2 (in conference room): |
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10:40 am |
What drives success in children's educational
outcomes in poor villages in rural West Africa, the case of |
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PETER
BOONE, |
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SIMON
JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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Discussant: JAMES HABYARIMANA, |
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11:40 am |
Girl
Power: Cash Transfers and Female Empowerment ( |
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SARAH
BAIRD, |
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EPHRAIM CHIRWA, |
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JACOBUS DE HOOP, Tinbergen Institute |
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BERK ÖZLER, The World Bank |
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Discussant: REBECCA
THORNTON, |
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12:40 pm |
Lunch at African Regent Hotel |
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1:45 pm |
Optional sightseeing
excursion to Tema Export Processing Zone |
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-- Red Sea Housing, foreign
firm |
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-- Commodities
Processing Industries (see #3 on link), domestic firm |
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6:00 pm |
Return to hotel |
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6:45 pm |
Buffet dinner at hotel, in
venue Ghanaian Village Restaurant |
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TUESDAY, JULY 20
(AT HOTEL) |
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8:00 am |
Continental breakfast |
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9:00 am |
State versus Consumer Regulation: The Case of Road
Safety in |
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JAMES
HABYARIMANA, |
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WILLIAM
JACK, |
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Discussants: DAVID N. WEIL, |
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SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:20-11:20 am |
New Cellular Networks in Malawi:
Correlates of Service Rollout and Effects on Employment (Project 2) |
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TARYN DINKELMAN, |
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ANGELA MSOSA, National Statistical |
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EMILY
OSTER, |
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REBECCA
THORNTON, |
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DERIC ZANERA, National Statistical |
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Discussant: ISAAC MBITI, Southern |
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11:30 am |
Panel discussion: |
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Chair: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT
and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Fifteen Years On:
Household Incomes in South Africa (Project 8) |
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JAMES LEVINSOHN, |
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Discussant: MICHAEL SAMSON, Economic Policy Research Institute, |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:50 pm |
Womens Empowerment in Burundi:
Impact Evaluation Paper (Burundi, South Africa) (Project 21) |
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RADHA IYENGAR, |
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with GIULIA FERRARI, |
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Discussant: EMILY OSTER, |
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3:50 pm |
Adjourn |
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Note on Time Allocation (60 minutes per project): |
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Instructions to the Presenters: |
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Instructions to the Discussants: |
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Updated 7/21/10 |
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